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Spiccato

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    Practice this theme making clear the direction of your musical line and dynamic range. Work… — Login to View —

    Variation 2

      Spiccato is an important bow stroke and can be learnt as soon as the détaché… — Login to View —

      Variation 13

        Ševčík indicates that we can play this variation either loudly at the frog or softly… — Login to View —

        Variation 14

          Practice this variation at first with a slurred bowing on the string, to work on… — Login to View —

          Variation 15

            This elegant variation needs musical thought and offers opportunities to take time and let the… — Login to View —

            Variation 18

              This variation requires the bow to be lifted after the up bow, so when the… — Login to View —

              Variation 20

                Ševčík’s 40 variations make us work through a wide range of off-string bowings. Here in… — Login to View —

                Variation 21

                  This variation is a good test of bow division, bow speed and up-bow spiccato. Ševčík… — Login to View —

                  Variation 22

                    This variation asks for a spiccato bowing and at tempo is best executed by using… — Login to View —

                    Variation 23

                      This variation has specific bow division markings which vary according to the colour or dynamic… — Login to View —

                      Variation 28

                        This variation has a lovely lilting character and we need to pay attention to our… — Login to View —

                        Variation 30

                          This whimsical, elegant variation in triplets develops Ševčík’s interest in beginning a bow stroke on… — Login to View —

                          Variation 34

                            In this variation we need to make the melodic bass line sing clearly and, as… — Login to View —

                            Variation 36

                              With all the 40 variations we need to make sure our left hand is helping… — Login to View —

                              Variation 35

                                The rests in this variation (bars 1, 5, 6 and similar places), offer you an… — Login to View —

                                Variation 37

                                  Ševčík’s Variations concentrate on bowing, especially developing control over the many different styles of lifted… — Login to View —

                                  Variation 26

                                    Variation 26 is a march with many challenges for our bow division and control of… — Login to View —

                                    Variation 32

                                      This variation contrasts the on-string martelé stroke and the off-string ricochet stroke, one loud and the… — Login to View —